Opinion: When it comes to university funding, first, do no harm

The public funding of Quebec universities is a crucial investment for the future of our society. Premier Philippe Couillard should not treat it as a short-term controllable expenditure.

Let me rephrase what I am asking in the language of medicine familiar to us both: please, Premier Couillard, do not prescribe a cure that is worse than the disease you are trying to treat — a cure that could weaken our universities for years to come......